The gonococcal transcriptome during infection of the lower genital tract in women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  McClure, Ryan ^a   Nudel, Kathleen ^a   Massari, Paola ^a   Tjaden, Brian ^b   Su, Xiaohong ^c   Rice, Peter A ^d   Genco, Caroline A ^a,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IRON; LIPOPROTEIN; PILIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFERRIN BINDING PROTEIN A; TRANSFERRIN BINDING PROTEIN B; TRANSPOSASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY DEFINED MEDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FBPA GENE; FBPB GENE; FBPC GENE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MTRC GENE; MTRD GENE; MTRE GENE; MTRR GENE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; TBPA GENE; TBPB GENE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; YOUNG ADULT; GENETICS; GONORRHEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA;

ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TRANSCRIPTOME; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941992250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133982     Document Type: Article

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